§ Mr. Whitakerasked the Minister of Overseas Development whether he will increase the amount of his Department's budget contributed to assist family planning overseas.
§ Mr. OramWe have increased our support for the work of the International Planned Parenthood Federation in developing countries from £6,000 to £50,000 a year and we have announced our readiness to contribute to the U.N. Trust Fund for population activities. We are ourselves giving priority to all requests for assistance in this field, and a Population Bureau, attached to the Ministry, will be set up shortly to increase our ability to give expert assistance on these matters. As a result, we shall be spending four times as much in 1967–68 on assistance to family planning overseas as we did a year ago.